Abstract: A drivetrain system for a reverse trike configured to transmit power from the motor to the rear wheel includes a first and a second drive chain being the only two drive chains utilized. A jackshaft has at one end a first universal joint connected to a first jackshaft sprocket and at an opposite end has a second universal joint connected to a second jackshaft sprocket. The first drive chain is connected between the motor output sprocket and the first jackshaft sprocket. The second drive chain is connected between the second jackshaft sprocket and the rear wheel drive sprocket. The first jackshaft sprocket is rotatably attached to the frame and configured to be movable away from and towards the motor output sprocket. The second jackshaft sprocket is rotatably attached to the frame and configured to be movable away from and towards the rear wheel drive sprocket.
Abstract: The invention provides a serial continuously variable transmission (1) comprising an input shaft (8) with a first pulley sheave set (10) of a first CVT stage and an output shaft (18) with a fourth pulley sheave set (20) of a second CVT stage, and a second (14) and third (16) pulley sheave set, rotating around a common axis and mutually rotationally secured the respective inner pulley sheave of the second and the third pulley sheave set being interconnected and combined into an assembly which is shiftable along and rotatable therearound the common axis (12), while the respective diameters of the pulley sheaves of the second CVT stage are greater than the diameters of the sheaves of the first CVT stage, in such a way that the effective running radius of the driving belt of this second stage will be greater than the effective running radius of the driving belt of the first stage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 14, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 19, 2017
Assignee:
Gear Chain Industrial B.V.
Inventors:
Jacobus Hubertus Maria Van Rooij, Loek Marquenie